The Iron Man was asked about his desire to return to baseball, his interest in the recently filled Washington Nationals managerial job, and the health and well-being of his mother Vi Ripken.

Ripken says he has no strategy to be a manager. "I'm not lobbying. I'm not putting it out through the media so somebody will call me," Ripken says.

He believes the media has ôcreatedö the discussion about the possibility of him taking a position as a baseball manager.

On the topic of his mother who recently was a victim of an attempted carjacking in Harford County and last year survived being kidnapped and abducted, Cal says she is "remarkable." He says he is concerned but he takes the lead from her. "She swears we are all more worried than she is," says Cal.

Ripken says these things can happen in society and it is concerning on a lot of levels. "But it seems to be bizarre that a similar thing can happen to your mom two times in a year," says Ripken. He says the family has taken a lot of precautions.